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Comet Hale-Bopp April 7, 1997 - 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 UTC, April 8)
 
Hale-Bopp in Perseus, with the open cluster M34 to the right of the comet's head. The brightest star to the upper left of the comet's head is the famous variable star Algol.
Photographed from Rindge, New Hampshire
 
Three-minute exposure on Fujicolor Super G Plus 800 Pentax ME, 135mm f2.8 lens. Tracked with manually-operated barn door camera platform.   Hale-Bopp Gallery
 
 
Comet Hale-Bopp 
April 7, 1997 - 10:15 p.m. EDT (0215 UTC, April 8) 
Hale-Bopp in Perseus, with M34, Algol, and the Double Cluster.
Photographed from Rindge, New Hampshire Three-minute exposure on Fujicolor Super G Plus 800  Pentax ME, 50mm f1.7 lens. Tracked with manually-operated barn door camera platform.   Hale-Bopp Gallery
 
 
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